Hanger for drying clothes and the like.



T. N. BISHOP. HANGER FOR DRYINQ CLOTHES AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY I0, I915- 1,185,167. Pa tented-1IIay30,1916.

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nanennjron DRYING CLOTHES AND THE LIKE.

' Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 30, 1916.

Application filed May 10, 1915. Serial No. 27,094.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnnononn NELSON BISHOP, a citizen of the United-States, residing at Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHangers for Drying Clothes and the likeg, of which the following is aspecification. l I

This invention relates to hangers for drying clothes and moreparticularly to that type which is attachedto the ceiling and walls of aroom and which may be readily adjusted to elevate the clothesout of theway of the occupants of. the room.

The,primai'y-object of theinvention resides in the provision of means,whereby the drying frames or bars may be operated, so that the same aremaintained on an even plane.

A further object of the invention is to provide a drying apparatus whichmay be easily operated, inexpensive-to manufacture and readily adjustedto several positions and details of construction hereinafter describedand claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part ofthespecification,--Figure 1, is a perspective View of my improved hangerattached -to the supporting ceiling and wall blocks. Fig. 2, is a detailview of a cross bar, showing its connection with the longitudinal hangerrail, the latter being broken away.

Heretofore, the main objection encountered in hangers of thisparticular'type, is that the same occupied toomuch space on the floor,requiring the folding of the hang .ers when not in use, and I haveovercome this objection by suspending the hanger from the ceiling, whichI do by means of a series of pulleys 1, screwed into the ceiling blocks2, which latter are appropriately secured by screws or other means, tothe ceiling at the opposite ends of the room. These ceiling blocks 2,may be constructed of wood or metal, and in fact the entire apparatus-'may be of like construction.

The hanger proper consists of a longitudinalrail' 3, supported on, anddetachably connected adjacent its ends, to the cross-bars 4 and 5, whichlatter, are formed with recesses 6, at their central portion for thereception of the rail. The said rail-adjacent its ends is likewise receed at 7, so that'a perfect connection oft e rail and bars is the deviceis 'equally balanced.

assured. Screws 8, may be employed th hold the rail and bar elementstogether.

The rail 3, may be of any desired length, and if necessary extend theentire length of the room, whereby .a vmaximum clothes hanging capacityis assured.

The rail 3, and the cross-bars 4 and5, are

suspended from the ceiling blocks 2, by

. means of ropes, which pass over the pulleys 1, j as hereinafter; willbe more fully described. I

The pulleys 1, are mounted in the ceiling blocks 2, in series of two andthree, on the opposite-sides of the room, andthe main rope 9, passesover the central. of the three pulleys, across the room and over the.rear pulley of the series of two pulleys, to the rear part of thecross-bar 5, Both crossbars 4 and 5, are apertured at 10, adjacent theirends for the reception of the rope ends,

which are suitablyknotted to prevent the withdrawalaof theropetherefrom,- and by which'means they are supported and it consists of thefeatures, combinations Connected to the main rope 9, at 11, are

the ropes 12, which pass over. the front and rear pulleys l, and arelikewise secured to The rope 13,- is secured at 14, to the r0 e 9, andpasses'over'the front pulley l, at t e opposite end of the room, to thecrossbar 5, being secured thereto by knot'ting the end thereof. It willthus be seen that the frame is'evenly supported at their ends, so thatThe cross-bar 4, is provided with apertures 14, at its opposite ends,through which pass the ropes 15'- and l6, th' elatter being knotted attheir ends, serving to hold the same therein. The ends of the crossbar5,

arechanneled to form the wedge-shaped" grooves 15 and the ropes 15 and18, are stretched-in alinement with thera-il 3, and have their endsinserted in. the grooves 15, knots being made for holdingthe ropestherein, the wedge-shaped opening of the slots 15, permitting thegripping. of the saidropes at this point. a

A bar 1'1, is attached in any suitable manner byinails 0r screws 18,tothe wall and carries the retaining block 19, and the main rope 9, isknotted at'several places and inserted between one of the jaws of theretainin 'blocks 19, whereby the hanger frame is hel in adjustedposition.

' To elevate the hangerframe ,it is only necessary to pull down on themain rope 9,

and insert the same in-the retaining block, the proper knot thereon,holding the hanger frame in position. To lower the frame the aforesaidoperation is reversed.

In operation the hanger frame is lowered and the clothes hung from thecross-rods and the ropes 15 and 16, the main rope 9, being pulled down,resultingin the elevation of the hanger frame toward the ceiling, sothat the same is out "ofthe way.

The device is at all times out ofthe way of the occupants of the roomand does away with the clothes horse, which occupies so much space. Itis understood that changes, variations and modifications may be resortedto which come within the scope of the claim hereunto topics of thispatent may he obtained for appended. p

Having fully described my invention, what I desire to claim asnew andsecure by Letters Patent is:

. .a meme? In a clothes drier, the combination with a drier framecomposed of recessed crossbars, a detachable connecting rail recessedadjacent its ends fitting in the recesses of 'the cross-bars, clotheslines connecting the cross-bars, pulleys in series of two and threedesigned to be suspended from a ceiling, a main hoisting rope passingover the central of the series of three pulleys having end branches pasing over series of'two pulleys and secured to the cross-bar adjacent itsends, rope branches attached to main hoisting rope passing over thefront and rear of .the series of three pulleys and secured to the fivecents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D,Q."

